Bottle



(No Model.)

A. RODGERS 8v G. PEDEN BOTTLE.

No. 587,234. Patented July 27, 1897.

/N'VENTOHS ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED RODGERS AND GEORGE PEDEN, OE JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent NO. 587,234, dated July257, 1897. Application tiled April 3, 1897. Serial No. 630,505. (Nomodel.)

To all 1077/077@ t may concern:

Beit known that we', ALFRED RODGERS and GEORGE PEDEN, of Johnstown, inthe county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new andImproved Bott-le, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to bottles of that class in which the bottleshave means for giving evidence of being used for spurious contents.

The invention is broadly characterized by a frangible cap that is brokenfrom the mouth of the bottle when the bottle is opened and the absenceof which tends to incite criticism as to the contents of the bottle.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of our invention, whilethe claims define the actual scope of the conception.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specication, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.v

Figure lis a sectional View of the invention. Fig. 2 is also a sectionalView taken across the line ot' the first section, and Fig. 3 shows thecap detached from the bottle.

The bottle has its neck provided with a tapering lower portion a and auniform upper portion a. The neck stands on a shoulder a2, formed attheupper end of the top of the bottle.

The cap has an upper portion, or crown Z), inclosing the part a of theneck, and a lower portion b with downwardly-timing interior walls,corresponding to the inclined portion a of the neck. The lower portion bof the cap is reduced with reference to the portion l), so as to form aninterior shoulder b2 between the two parts. The lower edge of the cap brests on the shoulder a2.

The part a' of the'neck has two oppositely- 'arranged openings c intransverse registry with each other and carrying an expansive spiralspring c. The spring cis projected beyond the neck, and when the cap isin place the ends of the spring press tirmly against the inner walls ofthe crown b of the cap, while the spring engages with the shoulder b2,so

that the cap can be removed only by fracturing the cap. In placing thecap on the bottle the spring is compressed and the inclined inner wallsof the lower portion h of the cap are moved past the spring, whichafterward expands into the crown b ot1 the cap. The neck is sealed by acork c2, which may have a corkscrew c3 therein. The spring c may bepassed through the ring of the corkscrew.

A bottle thus constructed may be filled and sealed with convenience. isto be used, the cap is fractured, whereupon the spring may be taken outand the cork drawn. Persons using the bottle will then observe that thecap is absent and upon detecting the other novel characteristics of thebottle will make inquiry as to the genuineness of the contents of thebottle.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A bottle having a neck standing on ashoulder formed on the body of' the bottle, an expansive spring pressedtransversely through openings in the neck and projecting beyond thesides thereof, and a frangible cap with an interior shoulder, the capinclosing the neck and resting on the shoulder on the body of thebottle, and the spring engaging the shoulder of the cap to prevent theremoval of the unbroken cap'.

2. A bottle, the neck of which has two oppositely-arranged andtransversely-registering openin gs therein, an expansive spring runthrough the openings and projecting beyond the sides of the neck, and afrangible cap with an interior shoulder, the shoulder being engaged bythe end of the spring to prevent the removal of the unbroken cap.

3. A bottle, the neck of which has a tapering lower portion, and theneck standing ou a shoulder formed on the body of the bottle, the neckalso having transversely-registerin openings, an expansive spring runthrough the openin gs and projecting beyond the sides of the neck, and afrangible cap the crown of which incloses the top of the neck, and thelower portion of which has flaring interior lVhen the bottle sidesconforming to the taper of the neck, the the neck whereby to engage andhold the cap cap also having an interior shoulder engaged on the neck.

by the ends of the spring to prevent Juhe removal of the unbroken cap.4. A bottle having a neck7 a cap nclosing the upper end of the neck7 andan expansive Vitnesses:

spring run transversely through openings in JOHN H. MORLEY,

the neck and projecting beyond the sides of JACOB ZIMMERMAN.

